Buckle



(No Model.)

1. H. OSBORN.

BUCKLE.

,955. Patented Aug. 24, 1886.

I No. 347

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ISAIAH H. OSBORN, OF WILMINGTON, OHIO.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 347,955, dated August 24, 1886.

Application filed February 6, 1886. Serial No. 191,090. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ISAIAH H. OSBORN, of WVilmington, in the county of' Clinton and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Buckles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof,

in which Figure l is a perspective view showing the application of my improved buckle to a bar- Fig., 2 is a front elevation. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thedifferent figures of the drawings.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and efficient buckle for various parts ofa harness, but more especially adapted to the hip-strap.

My invention consistsin a rectangular frame having a back plate provided with a spur for receiving a strap, and having attached to the front thereof a spring-arn1 for holding the strap 011 the spur, as hereinafter more fully described.

The main frame of the buckle is formed of the side bars, A, the back plate, B, joining the side bars and carrying the upwardly-curved spur C, the bar D, connecting the side pieces of the frame at one end,and the bars E F, connecting the opposite ends of the side bars, A.

To the outer bar, E, is secured a springarm, G, by studs a, which are formed i.nte grally with the bars,.and which are riveted down upon the outer surface of the spring-arm. The free end of the spring-arm G is slightly concave to receive the end of the curved spur 0, against which the end of the spring-arm presses when the buckle is in its normal condition. The hip-strap H, which passes through the slot b between the bars E F and between the bar D and the back plate, B, has apertures for receiving the spur O. The strap H is placed in position in the buckle by slipping it over the spur O and under the spring-arm G.

In addition to the use of the buckle for fastening the strap in the manner already described, itforms a convenient and efficient support for the trace-chain, a link of the chain being slipped over the end of the spur O and under the spring-arm G, as shown in Fig. 1. The chain is disengaged from the spur O by drawing it from the end of the spur against the pressure of the spring G.

The frame of my improved buckle is pref- 53 erably made of malleableiron, and the springarm G is made of steel, and the buckle is finished and nickel-plated or japanned.

' I do not limit or confine the use ofniy im proved buckle to hip-straps,nor to any particu-' 6C lar part of the harness, as it is designed to be used wherever a buckle of this .charactcr is applicable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the buckleframe formed of the side bars, A, the back plate, B, provided with the spur O, the end bars, D E F, and the spring arm G, secured to the bar E, and arranged to press on the end of the spur O, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, abuckleformcd of a frame having side bars, A, end bars, D E F, the back plate, B, provided 7;, with the curved spur O, and the spring-arm G, secured to the bar E by the studs a, and having a concaved end adapted to receive the end of the spur O, substantially as herein shown and described.

, ISAIAH H. OSBORN.

Witnesses:

ASA JENKINS, AMos HoRKn-T'r. 

